As someone with an actual PhD in sociology, I'd say you shouldn't trust any sociologist who suggests sociology is a discipline full of fixed definitions & concepts. It isn't, and anybody who suggests otherwise should be sent back to remedial sociology class.https://twitter.com/tootsiekannah/status/973324950143578112 …
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Of course, if you define "racism" so that it refers to hierarchical relations between the sexes, people are going to think you're a ninny. But if you define "racism" so that it refers to racially motivated bigotry, then that wouldn't be - or shouldn't be - the case.
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So if you see any sociologist claiming the sociological definition of "racism" is prejudice plus power, or something like that, don't believe them. Call them on it. Ask them to specify the sociological authority that polices the correct use of sociological language.
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I need to finish this by saying that none of this means that the "prejudice plus power" formulation isn't useful. It is useful. The loathing of a black slave for white people isn't the same thing as white people's loathing of black slaves, for example.
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It's just you don't get to tell the sociologist or social psychologist who is using the term "racism" in its normal sense to mean racially motivated bigotry that they are somehow using language wrong. They're not.
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